RETHINKING THE TERRITORIAL PACT IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COHESION
RETHINKING THE TERRITORIAL PACT IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COHESION
Author(s): Irina Saghin, Gabriel Pascariu, Daniela Stoian, Ilinca-Valentina Stoica, Daniela ZamfirSubject(s): Economy, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Rural and urban sociology, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Editura Universitară
Keywords: territorial pact; partnership agreement; EU 2020 Strategy; territorial cohesion; sectoral/thematic pact; global pact;
Summary/Abstract: The authors argue through this paper, the importance of rethinking the recently abandoned tools that can be reactivated in times of crisis. EU 2020 Strategy and other EU documents create a favorable frame in order to achieve the priorities set by reconsidering the territorial pact concept. Recent documents define the partnership agreement concept, which seems to be more rigid and less flexible than the territorial pact. Having as a starter point Romania’s specifics, there are individualized 10 thematic territorial pacts and 8 global pacts. They must generate territorial synergies capable of ensuring the coherence between regions, states and the European Union as a whole.
Journal: Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis
- Issue Year: 5/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 89-97
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English